Helpful Hints for Searching
| To Search for | Use | Result |
| Two terms in the same document | red and dog | Documents with both the words "red" and "dog" |
| Either of two terms in a document | red or dog | Documents with the words "red" or "dog" |
| One term without a second term | red and not dog | Documents with the word "red" but not "dog" |
| Two terms that are close together in the same document red | red near dog | Documents with the word "red" near the word "dog" |
| Either of two terms and not two other terms if they are close together | red or dog and not (black near cat) | Documents with the word "red" or "dog" and not the words "black" and "cat" if they are within 50 words of each other |
| A phrase that has two or more words together | "red dog" | Documents with the words red dog right next to each other |
Order of precedence are evaluated in the following order:
NOT
AND or NEAR
OR